Life expectancy at birth in Burkina Faso was 53.3 years in 2005: 54.7 for women and 51.8 for men, a gap of 2.9 years. 186,586 people died; 17.0% of them were 65 or older and 48.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2005

Life expectancy at birth

53.3

Women

54.7

Men

51.8

Life expectancy at 65

11.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

91.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

152.0

Deaths

186,586

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.4

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

347

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

281

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2005's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2005

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	91.23	103.88	54.7	51.8
1-4	17.25	17.46	58.8	56.3
5-9	4.40	4.33	58.8	56.3
10-14	2.50	2.49	55.1	52.4
15-19	3.70	3.75	50.7	48.1
20-24	4.73	5.73	46.6	43.9
25-29	5.27	5.71	42.7	40.1
30-34	5.54	6.22	38.8	36.2
35-39	6.14	7.06	34.8	32.3
40-44	6.85	8.89	30.8	28.4
45-49	7.87	11.19	26.8	24.5
50-54	10.74	15.28	22.7	20.8
55-59	15.10	21.40	18.9	17.2
60-64	24.71	32.18	15.1	13.9
65-69	39.97	48.53	11.8	10.9
70-74	68.16	78.47	8.8	8.2
75-79	114.22	128.04	6.4	5.9
80-84	188.81	204.86	4.5	4.2
85-89	288.97	334.78	3.2	2.8
90-94	440.25	483.29	2.2	2.0
95-99	593.69	644.15	1.7	1.5
100+	740.63	792.83	1.4	1.3

Mortality in Burkina Faso by year

Mortality in Burkina Faso, 2005

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